The other half

Happy Wednesday everyone!!!  Last night was so nice and calm actually.  I finally gave in to my boys and let them play in the new plastic cheap-o pool we got them over the weekend and then it was on to the slip n slide.  My middle man has been begging to go on the slip n slide since January probably.  I was a little skeptical if he would actually play because he didn't like it last year.  I gotta tell you though, a year makes a huge difference.  Both of the older boys played on that thing for about 45 minutes.  They certainly wore themselves out.My little man, on the other hand, absolutely hates the pool.  I think it was more of the water being on the cold side than the actual water.  I am hoping that is the case anyway, I don't want any of my boys afraid of the water.

This is the other half to the page I showed you yesterday.  Again, not sure of the 12 x 12 sheet.  I just had it in my stash.  I am glad I didn't cut these down when I was doing my PP earlier.  I think all the elements I used on this sheet are the same I used on the other one.  I just love how it turned out.  Of course, when you have a cutie like him on the page it definitely makes the page.Thanks for stopping by!!!

3 months

Happy Tuesday everyone!!!  This week I am actuallly praying goes by really, really slow.  I will explain why in the future.  I am a little uneasy about sharing some info here online.  Since it is not private anyone can access it and there are some things I don't want everyone in the world knowing.Anyway, after making the scrapbook page the other week I made a committment to myself that I would do one scrapbook page a week.  I promise you I had this page done in the one week period but didn't get it photographed in time and then I had a migraine and ...This is my baby at 3 months old.  He is now 4 months old.  My, how the time is going by.  I hate it.  It seems like I am trying to hold on to every minute of his life and yet I cannot hold on tight enough to stop time for just a bit.

I started with some 12x12 paper that I had in my stash.  I am not even sure where it came from.  From there I cut strips of PP from Marcella K, I got it at Target a long time ago.  I covered the seams with some ribbon that I thought matched pretty nicely.  The stickers are some I got in the mail.  I love the small details I used from a creative memories dvd I checked out.  On the brown strip I plan on doing the journaling.  I do have another part to this layout so I am waiting for the journaling until I finish the other half of this layout.  I hope to have that done later today.Thanks for stopping by!!!  

Toby

It is Wednesday and we are half way through the week.  Isn't that awesome.  I am so excited to have another weekend on it's way already.

A quick update on me.  I had a doctor's appointment yesterday and all is still good.  The baby's head is still down.  The bad news is that if the baby's head continues to be head down then no baby on Friday.  We go in first thing in the morning on Friday.  If the baby is head down then I make my appointment for next week and continue the waiting game until the baby is ready to come on it's own.  I am bummed only because I was expecting to be able to hold my baby on Friday no matter what and to have that taken is very upsetting.  I am glad though, to be able to have my birthplan back, I hope.  I will let you know on Friday what I am able to find out.

So today is another The Greeting Farm digital image.  This is Toby and he is absolutely precious.  I am so glad they are doing this.  It makes me have to create and that helps keep my mind off of everything else that is going on.  The sad thing is that they have decided since they have had such a huge turn out with the giveaway and some site glitches, the relay is no longer happening.  If you want an image check out The Greeting Farm's blog and you can download a Prince Ian image for free.  I hope they finish with the other images they were going to giveaway as well.

This is pretty simple so I am not going to go into details, besides I gotta get my oldest to school.  I will catch you all tomorrow with a Prince Ian project.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Another 2-in-1

Happy Wednesday everyone!!! I have a VERY busy day today so I am getting this typed up a little early so you don't have to wait until who knows when to see this.

I have another card that I used Lauren's Saturday Sketch for. I LOVE how this one turned out and it is awesome. I am really excited that Lauren is trying something new with her Saturday challenges and that she is opening up a design team call as well. I love what Lauren does with paper and it would be an honor to be able to work with her on a regular basis.

Here is her sketch:

Here is my card:

This is also a card I am entering into a Copic challenge. They are here. The challenge this week was to color jeans. Thankfully my sister has a LOT of copics (at least more than I do) and let me borrow some of her blues to color some jeans. The rest of the copics are mine and I LOVE how the coloring went. I also used some Spica Glitter pens as well.

Here are the deets:
stamp: Whiff of Joy, Verve stamps:petals and stems
ink: Palette black, PTI ripe avocado
paper: PTI spring moss, vellum, SS white, and Marcella K PP
Bridal flowers from Michael's, Making memories buttons, SU! linen thread

The cool thing to is that the copic challenge was to color jeans. When I was looking for buttons I happened to see that these buttons had writing on them. These buttons, since you can't probably read it, says "Faded Glory Jeans Co."

Well, I believe that is it for now. Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Whimsy challenge

Happy Monday everyone!!! We had a great weekend. A really HOT weekend but it was fun. Just had to run into town for a few things and then back home to relax and enjoy the weekend.

Saturday night we took the boys to the soccer field (where they play T-ball) and let my oldest play some T-ball, get him used to hitting off a "T" and then throwing the ball. It was a really fun family activity and I am so glad that we took the time to do it.

Today, and the rest of the week, I have a challenge to share with you. This one, today, is for the Whimsy stamps challenge blog. This is a new blog they started and the first challenge they are doing. It is called Occasion Celebration. You are to make a card or other project for a special occasion or a celebration.

I decided to use the newest of Lauren's My Timeless Templates box template to make a goody bag to give out at a birthday party (or other party).

I love how it turned out and because of it I had an excuse to buy something I have been putting off, Staz-on ink. I know, I can be so behind of things but I had no reason to buy it so I didn't. This time I wanted to do something special (and I had a coupon) so I went ahead with my idea to make a window and use vellum to stamp my froggie on.

Here are the deets and be sure to check out the challenge. Like I said, I have many more challenges to do this week and might have a day or so with 2 posts so keep checking in :)

paper: PTI kraft, Marcella K, PTI vellum

ink: staz-on jet black

stamps: Whimsy frog, PTI polka dot basics

ribbon is from Michaels, buttons are from making memories (chloe's closet), the frog is colored using kho-i-noor (another new buy thanks to a coupon), the flower is making memories, and the thread is from Michael's used for jewelry, I also used my crop-a-dile and eyelets to make a whole for the ribbon which holds the top down.

Just wanted to leave you with another picture of the adorable frog from Whimsy. Isn't he cute??? All of their precious animals are adorable and I am loving Connor and Emma.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Baby basket

Hi all!!! I hope you had a great weekend. It was another relaxing weekend here. Great time with the family just hanging out and getting things done. I love those kind of weekends.

I am starting to stress though. This Sunday I have to teach the little primary kids, well, the older ones too. You would think this is a walk in the park for me seeing as I have been teaching most of their mothers for quite a while now. But I think it is the teachers in the primary that I am nervous about having in there. Crazy, huh? I am just not comfortable speaking in front of a group and I keep getting callings that require it. So strange. But I think that is part of Heavenly Father's plan. Get you out of your comfort zone so you can learn and grow, right?

Anywho. One of the ladies I worked with in Relief Society, a neighbor and a friend (Hi Michelle!!! :D )is expecting a baby next month. Her third, and after two girls she is having a boy. How exciting is that?

Because of my "mommy brain" I missed her baby shower so I was determined to make up something REALLY cute for her. Now, you all should know by now how much I LOVE the work that Lauren does on her blog and her templates. I remember on her blog that she took the basket template from Papertrey Ink and made a bigger basket by putting two together. What a great idea right? Well, that is what I did for my friend.

It took me a while to figure things out and it was pretty frustrating at time. I just had to set it aside and then go back to it when I was able to really concentrate. This is only because instead of using one color I had to use two. But the good news is now that I got it figured out it will be easy to recreate.

I also had to make a card to match. That took me a while too because I was having a hard time trying to find a button with holes large enough to put the ribbon through. I just love how it turned out though and hope she is as happy with it as I am.

basket deets:

cardstock: PTI aqua mist, SU! kraft

ribbon: PTI aqua mist

eyelets: SU! jumbo

button and flower: making memories chloe's closet

ink:PTI aqua mist, SU! Creamy caramel

extras:mini brads (my stash) and mini flower is from Prima

card deets:

cardstock: PTI aqua mist, SU! kraft, Target (Marcella K)

ribbon:PTI aqua mist

stamp:PTI my punny valentine and guide lines

button and flower: making memories chloe's closet

ink: PTI aqua mist and SU! creamy caramel

extra: self-adhesive pearls from Michael's

Okay, I don't think I missed anything important. If you have any questions please feel free to email or comment.

As always, thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

P.S. Sorry, I am using my desktop again since it was already up and running this morning. If you want to check out Lauren's blog or PTI then the links are on the left. Lauren is My Time, My Creations, My Stampendence. You can find PTI by first heading to Nichole Heady's blog, {capture the moment}.

New Whimsy Stamp

Happy Friday everyone!!! I hope you had a great day yesterday. Mine went very fast. I had fun doing some shopping with my mom and being able to have lunch with my mom and dad. I even got to spend some time with my sister and niece. It was a great day. I just wish it didn't go by so fast AND I didn't loose my son's sunglasses.

My boys were born in Alaska (we do have sun year around) but not like Southern California does. Even I am having a hard time adjusting to all the bright sun we have here. We have gone through so many sunglasses with my boys isn't is ridiculous. I hate to keep buying glasses but then I feel bad for making them play outside in the bright sun when I don't even want to. I guess next time we are in town I am going to have to pick up yet another pair of glasses for my youngest son. Thank goodness they are pretty cheap.

On to my whimsy card. I started out using the CPS sketch (Card Positioning Systems). The sponsor this week is Keep in Touch. I thought the sketch was interesting and a great way to boost my creative mojo.

I got a Whimsy stamp in the mail a while back that I got from ATS (All that Scraps). This cute frog doesn't have a name, just Frog. But he is just so gosh darn cute. I am so going to have to get more of the animals in this collection.

I altered the sketch just a bit to fit my stamp. I used a 5" square card. I am very happy with how it turned out. Now I have to figure out who the lucky recipient will be.

Deets:

paper: SU! kraft, Marcella K (I saw another great paper pack from her at Target yesterday, yum), PTI spring moss and stampers select white.

ink: PTI ocean tides and palette black

ribbon: PTI srpring moss

copic markers to color the frog and lily pad.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy